"Hopefully he'll still be around on Sunday, but even a win isn't enough for a seeding at Wimbledon."

a win and a decent performance at Queens could get him there, or is seeding set before Queens? i thought it was after and before Eastbourne

He is defending points from Stuttgart last year so it this week it is about maintaining those points and then he can win some at Queens next week. Maybe quarter final needed or even semi in the 500 event?

Interesting he chose the challenger rather than going to Stuttgart again this year. It is a weak field down there, but I am happy to see Nick K back!

Saw Dan Evans play his first match back from his drugs ban at a Challenger at Loughborough Uni. On that day later on the same court playing his first ever match at Challenger level was Jack Draper. Crowd that day was about 60 people I would guess. They have both had a pretty good few years since then!

Yeah really looking forward to it. I think it is a good spot to see some good seed vs talented floater first round matches or yeah maybe Evans or Draper perhaps.

I won Court Two Wimbledon tickets for day 1 in the lottery. Know I won't be seeing Murray or Djokovic, but should be some good seeds on there. Now just fingers crossed it won't rain!

My mum is a mad Dom Thiem fan, so I kind of cheer him on a bit. Good to see him getting some form back.

In Germany it is max 1k per month with their new laws. So even Germany seems generous in comparison. The result seems to be a lot of people have switched to playing on the apps, on things like Pokerbros and so on. I barely play online these days, but in the casino in Berlin and playing around Germany people are often talking about the apps and also shilling their clubs, so instead of making it safer for people it just drives a lot of people to shady apps. I wonder if the same will happen in the UK.

If anyone is playing GUKPT Blackpool at the weekend (Fri, Sat) and wants Euros at spot rate for Sterling then drop me a message before Friday morning. Cheers.

It was a really fun season with a tragic end that hopefully ends up ok.

Thanks to both commissioners for organising these leagues and for the people collecting the funds. Playing Dynasty NFL has been really fun but that will be my last season and I will be giving up all my teams. Six in total including the two Blonde ones.

Quite simply I haven't watched much NFL this season. I now again play online MTTs on Sundays, so I usually don't watch Redzone or stay up for the Monday or Thursday night game. My time has been limited and even setting teams each week was a chore a few times and that's when I knew it was time for me to let this go.

I would say both my blonde teams are in reasonable shape and have chances to contend next season. In one league I have traded away my picks, so I would be happy to throw in a few quid towards the entry fee for the new owner to compensate.

I am not sure if there is a waiting list, but if any Blondes want to get involved and run a dynasty team. Sleeper is a great platform and makes it much easier than the old yahoo days, and things run very smooth.

I just saw this one.

Did Ron get a bubble deal?

https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=815285

Cracker is possibly my all time favourite tv show. Loved it.

I guess Nick needs a break. He has done great recently though. Not sure he is maturing, just he is managing to win more so there is less room for self desctruction, but maybe I am wrong!

Andy Murray only has a wild card for qualies this week!

Still in for both dynasty leagues! Not in for redraft.

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Hi Keith - I have been involved more in crypto, sports betting/DFS and writing/editing since the pandemic stopped live poker in 2020, but I have been playing some poker online too and a bit live. Planning to hit the live tournament circuit again in September.

Plug for my blog that I hardly ever update!
http://thisboguspoetry.blogspot.com/

I am wondering how the existing world tour can fine these players. Presumably it can send an invoice, but the players have no obligation to pay? And if they are banned from all future events the money can't be docked from future earnings?

Button ante was ruled out quite simply because in poker you can have a dead button but never have a dead big blind.

people have said this to me, but you can have a hand with no small blind and nobody bats an eyelid. So why can't you just have no ante on the hands where the sb bust in the hand directly before.?

wp Doobs!

The main thing I hate about BB ante is that when stacks are getting a little shorter and tables are breaking it becomes a lottery whether you end up paying two BBS when you move, or you could get lucky and get basically a free orbit. If you have a stack of let's say 10bb then that becomes a massive sweat. That is why I prefer button ante, but I think button ante isn't a thing anymore and for some reason bb ante won. I think of button ante as betamax and BB ante is VHS. Button ante is better but it didn't catch on.

bet against Radacanu today. Her opponent is a very savvy grass player who has some good form this year.

Hope Murray can play without getting injured and make it to the QF vs Novak, but I always worry all those 4 and 5 setters can catch up with him.

Looking forward to watching some matches!